Ubisoft might be scrapping Ghost Recon: Breakpoint support moving forward, but that doesn't mean its criticised NFT initiative is dying with it. The French publisher has confirmed to GamesIndustry.biz that NFTs will still be part of future games. The full statement reads: "Stay tuned for more updates with features to the platform and future drops coming with other games."
As for the NFTs sold for Ghost Recon: Breakpoint, these will continue to be maintained along with the game's servers. "You own a piece of the game and have left your mark in its history," a Ubisoft spokesperson said. What an achievement for all involved. Ubisoft's NFTs are called Digita, and in the case of Breakpoint, took the form of helmets, armour, and weapon skins with unique serial numbers on them. This made the item exclusive to the buyer, with their Ubisoft Connect username stored in its metadata.
They didn't sell particularly well on the market, but that doesn't appear to have deterred Ubisoft from giving them another go in future titles. Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, and Watch Dogs: be on the lookout.
[source gamesindustry.biz]
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Oh ***** off ubisoft
How is Ubisoft becoming worse than EA? How is that even possible?
If only Ubisoft's passion for making lots and lots of money via desperate and despicable means matched their ability to make decent games.
If this really is going to be a thing in their games from now on then I won't be buying their games anymore. Nobody wants this NFT garbage in gaming and I think people need to start taking action in the form of not buying their games.
@Nepp67 Ubisoft’s shares are dropping day by day at this pace someone will walk in and buy Ubisoft with V-bucks
@Nepp67 Because money.
I'm curious how much NFTs they sold in Ghost Breakpoint? What's the value of them as well?
Also, f off Ubisoft, get with the program.
Ah yes history will always remember Joe Shmoe who spent $100 to get his initials on a digital helmet! Children will sing songs of his deeds generations from now! 🤣
Just when I was starting to get in to Assassin's Creed 🤷♂️
Ah well. There are other franchises to enjoy.
Let’s see how successful this is for Ubisoft…
@Korgon "Which story do you want before bed son?"
"The one about how you blew my college fund on items with unique barcodes on that were too small to even see and had zero impact on anybody during play, in that game that nobody liked and ultimately failed because you were tricked into thinking it was some kind of revolutionary tech and not a zero-sum, ponzi scheme"
Incredibly worried for the next Assassin’s Creed.
Always looking for the bigger fool. A friend spent a few thousand on some rubbish, so I took the same images and created NFT's on the polygon block chain for myself for nothing to demonstrate how stupid it was. Needless to say they were not happy with me and started spouting on about how I had devalued their investment. As long as there are fools happy to part with their money, someone will be willing to take it off their hands.
Bah, No F****g Thanks.
This may actually backfire for Ubisoft who will be forced to keep the servers online forever for their old games unless they want to be sued by NFT owners who can no longer access "their part of the game". Sony better not start down this road considering their habit to switch off servers early.
Maybe it's just me being ignorant but why is this a big deal? Let the them do what they want, just don't buy the stuff and that's it. Like microtransactions.
Who the F buys this crap?
Shove it up your jaqsi moneysoft
@Lup Please watch at least the first 20 mins of this documentary on NFTs and crypto as a whole:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ_xWvX1n9g
Ideally watch the entire 2 hours (it weirdly doesn't feel that long), but at least the first 20 mins should give you an idea of why crypto is very bad indeed and why we should not be supporting it from the likes of Ubisoft.
It's waaaaaay worse than microtransactions and loot boxes.
So did Ubisoft ever say why they want to use blockchain instead of a traditional database for these NFT's? Is it so they can cut Sony out of their microtransactions (by user buying unregulated crypto instead of going through Sony's store that is legally required to meet certain consumer protections all around the world) or for tax evasion in the end user's region (by having the transactions not occur with real money)?
I don't see myself buying another Ubisoft game anytime soon, partly because of things like this but also I haven't found a game of theirs interesting for some time
Sigh, ubisoft, just give up man, nobody is buying your nft scam anymore 😕
I consider myself an intelligent adult, but I just don’t understand this.
'What an achievement for all involved' .... I'm sorry but what exactly did they achieve
@FinneasGH It seems people only buy nfts with the sole intention of selling them for more, so a pyramid scheme basically.
Not that there isn't money to be made i guess if it takes off, which nfts certainly seem to have done. If you dont mind taking advantage of people anyway.
As long as they keep copy and pasting their generic AC franchise, they will never make good games. Who cares about Ubisoft. They can take their NFTs along with their spiral downhill.
29 comments and each bashing NFTs, calling Ubisoft a joke/greedy for even attempting it, rightly pointing out NFT's similarities to a traditional pyramid scheme (though it is more of a pump and dump scheme, slightly different thing), and questioning Ubisoft's ability to make great games anymore in general.
That's 29 or so different human beings from 29 walks of life that all more or less revile this stuff. (One comment was actually sorta neutral saying just don't buy their games and a few were replies).
Damn Ubisoft, read the room. Stop it. Just stop it.
Awful company.
Yay. NFT's are the future, indeed. I sure love NFT's. Crypto and NFT's will change the world. I can't wait until we all become brainless gambling addicts, turning pyramid schemes mainstream while selling our souls to the devil for cold hard cash. What a glorious revolution it'll be. Bring it on.
Dont worry i abandoned Ubisoft a long time ago. Everything they make is a dissapointment to me. The company that made mobile phone monetization normal in full priced releases, that made complete games a thing of the past and they are still scum.
@Lup Because NFT'S are harmfull. The need massive amounts of power, serve no purpose, are a scamand i could go on.
@RubyCarbuncle you cant say better.
Wake up UBI, make better garbage.oops better games!
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